Example sentences of "[prep] course it [is] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 No , Caroline thought , of course it is n't right .
2 Of course it is n't necessary to understand how pre-flash works to be able to use it .
3 Of course it is n't funny , ’ said my mother .
4 " Of course it is n't true . "
5 Of course it is not surprising that there is this incongruence .
6 ‘ I suppose it is part of the old wrecking tradition of brandy for the parson and baccy for the clerk but of course it is not legal . ’
7 ‘ I suppose it is part of the old wrecking tradition of brandy for the parson and baccy for the clerk but of course it is not legal .
8 Of course it is not true for anyone that they lived the past 40 years in vain .
9 Of course it is not fair , but it is true .
10 Of course it is not fair .
11 It is undesirable because the patient is totally dependent on someone coming into the home from outside and of course it is extremely expensive in terms of nursing time .
12 Of course it is extremely unlikely that EVERYONE will start loving the Jesus way , but that 's no reason why YOU should n't start .
13 Of course it is much better to have further yarn masts , as they come in handy for even normal two-colour knitting , where they can do away with the necessity to remove one yarn and re-thread with waste yarn when you need to remove work on waste .
14 Of course it is very hard for the writers because they have to keep things up to date and follow the story-lines .
15 ‘ She says she will be quite comfortable there , and of course it is very inexpensive .
16 Of course it is more likely that women rather than men would be in a position to offer such assistance ( Anderson , 1971 , pp. 139–44 ) .
17 But of course it is only invariant in a special sense : the author is free to order his universe as he wants , but for the purposes of stylistic variation we are only interested in those choices of language which do not involve changes in the fictional universe .
18 Of course it is highly likely that the corporate finance arm and the client will be contractually bound in any case , thus enabling us to dispense with the issue of whether an obligation of confidence is owed .
19 It may not be the path , but of course it is perfectly possible , although steep and hard , to get to the summit of Ben Nevis via this corrie although I can think of no mountaineer who would imagine a gushing , torrential waterfall to be the path , take off their socks and shoes and start trying to wade up it .
20 But of course it is perfectly possible for Bristol graduates who are members of Senate to reflect a Convocation view there .
21 Of course it is often possible to distinguish ‘ strong ’ and ‘ weak ’ ministers ; but it must not be forgotten that the comparatively temporary incumbent of the top position of a large organization may be just lucky or unlucky — in arriving when key advisers are likely to agree that exciting innovations are necessary , or conversely in finding that the consolidation of existing policies , or the confronting of unpleasant realities , is more important than the policy changes he or she cherishes .
22 Of course it is always difficult to sleep after great excitement .
23 Of course it is quite true that Burke was a firm believer in parliamentary government and parliamentary sovereignty ; but that is not the same thing .
24 We 're not doing it too strongly because of course it is quite difficult to , for an English ear perhaps to get attuned to it if one was doing it very very strong , so I 'm trying to do one that is n't er too alien to an English ear .
25 Of course it 's just possible that she has poor eyesight — a woman like that would be too vain to wear spectacles .
26 Of course it 's not easy to keep up the smiles in public , as the couple showed in Seoul yesterday when they arrived for a five-day Korean visit .
27 ‘ Nothing unusual really , although of course it 's not usual to get yourself smashed up in a car accident in the first place .
28 Of course it 's not true no .
29 I ca n't cope at all without a tin-opener — I 'm really hopeless — and of course it 's too late to start at my age .
30 Of course it 's too late for that book .
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